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title: "About Rayobyte, Formerly Blazing SEO"
description: "Rayobyte has run proxy networks since 2015: 40+ team members in 18+ countries, our own residential network and our own servers."
url: "https://rayobyte.com/about/"
updated: "2026-10-01T05:02:59.619Z"
---

# We have built proxy networks since 2015.

Rayobyte, formerly Blazing SEO, runs its own residential network and servers so web data costs less in the AI era.

[Start free trial](https://app.rayobyte.com/auth/register)

- **50M+** devices every month

- **5,000+** active customers

- **40+** team members

- **18+** countries on our team

- **15** languages

## We have been in business for 11 years, and our founder still leads the company.

Neil Emeigh founded Rayobyte in 2015 and is our CEO today. More than 5,000 active customers, from startups to the Fortune 5, collect web data with us.

## How Rayobyte has grown.

We started with proxies for SEO, then added a Scraping API and our own residential network.

- **2015, Founded**: Neil Emeigh starts running proxies for SEO from his basement and dorm room, as Blazing SEO.

- **2017, A team**: Our first development team and support staff join.

- **2019, Scraping API**: Our Scraping API launches, then called Scraping Robot.

- **2021, Residential**: Residential proxies, rotating ISP proxies and proxy management tools launch. 22 new team members join.

- **2022, Rayobyte**: Blazing SEO becomes Rayobyte.

- **Today, Four live regions**: 5,000+ active customers, 50M+ devices every month, and four live regions: US East, EU West, AP Southeast and SA East (Brazil).

## The people you work with.

Engineers, support staff and account managers who build the network and answer your questions.

[Meet the team](https://rayobyte.com/about/people/) | [Careers](https://rayobyte.com/about/people/careers/)

AI made it possible to use far more of the web than anyone collected before, while proxy and scraping prices stayed where they were. We re-engineered our proxy network and Scraping API from the hardware up to change that.

**The world needs more data. Now it can afford it.**

Neil Emeigh, Founder and CEO

## Collect more. Spend less.

**Start in minutes**: Every self-serve product has a free trial, and no credit card is needed. [Start free trial](https://app.rayobyte.com/auth/register)

**Talk to sales**: Sales offers volume pricing below our published rates, custom plans and a direct line to the people who run the network. [Contact sales](https://rayobyte.com/contact-sales/)